Russian cyber sins and storms
Cyber-espionage is business as usual for most great-power governments – so why the growing storm of indignation directed at Russia's cyber activities?
Russia
Strait to war? Russia and Ukraine clash in the Sea of Azov
New Russian naval activities around Crimea could presage a new, maritime front in the war in eastern Ukraine
1 Oct
Russia and the Middle East
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un évènement en partenariat avec l’Institut d’études de sécurité de l’Union européenne (EUISS) avec Nicu Popescu, Stanislav Secrieru, Julien Barnes-Dacey et Timofey Borisov
Russia and the Middle East
Podcast de notre conférence du 1 octobre en partenariat avec l’Institut d’études de sécurité de l’Union européenne (EUISS) : « Russia and the Middle East…
Russian manoeuvres with Chinese characteristics
The Vostok 2018 exercises showed the Russian armed forces learning from Western theory and Syrian practice. In turn, the Chinese military personnel present at the exercises for the first time will be learning from the Russians
Syria’s fate: What will Rouhani, Erdogan, and Putin decide?
Views on priorities and possible outcomes of the upcoming meeting of the leaders of Iran, Turkey, and Russia from our Iranian and Turkish fellows
Is Germany breaking bad?
In an international order that is beginning to resemble a competition between rival cartels, Angela Merkel risks becoming a kind of geopolitical Walter White
The power of the blacklist: The European Parliament’s proposed Magnitsky Act
Sergei Magnitsky's death inspired the US to enact a law blacklisting individuals and seizing their assets. The EU is jumping on the bandwagon.
On a hot summer’s day in Helsinki
Was Helsinki really a big win for Russia? And defeat for Europe?
Trump vs. EU: The dead end of the normative approach
A divided EU – with an unstable Germany, a UK on its way out and renegade central eastern member states – is only of interest to the US as an ally in competition with Russia and China